Sorry Dale

Texas receiver Roy Williams pushes off on damn near every play. And if you can get away with it, it's not a bad way to make a living if you're a big wide receiver (ask Michael Irvin).

And so, on a critical third down in last night's Nebraska game, Roy Wiliams did it again. But it was a little too blatant. On replays, you could see that he literally FLUNG THE DEFENSIVE BACK TO THE GROUND.

And the refs called it, negating a Williams catch that would have ended the game and giving Nebraska a chance. It wasn't a "homer" call -- it was a good call, despite Mack Brown's whining.

But I guess Dreadful Chron columnist Dale Robertson wasn't watching the same game:

Never mind that he'd fought his way free with what he called "a swim move," resulting in routine incidental contact, the kind you'll see on every play of every game.

Williams was flat on his back -- ready, he said, to shed tears of joy -- when he heard the commotion, and his worst fears were confirmed.

You know who else was flat on his back, Dale? The defensive back that Williams THREW DOWN!

What I wouldn't give if the Dreadful Chron had one decent sportswriter. But at least Dale seems to have written his own copy, unlike some writers at the Dreadful Chron.

[Posted at 08:23 CST on 11/03/02] [Link]